Tuesday, September 18, 2012

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Hazardous weather condition(s):

Rest Of Today: A chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms late this morning...then showers with a chance of thunderstorms this afternoon. Some thunderstorms may produce gusty winds and heavy rainfall...then some thunderstorms may be severe with damaging winds and heavy rainfall this afternoon. Highs in the upper 70s. South winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of rain near 100 percent.

Tonight: Cloudy. Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms in the evening...then a chance of showers after midnight. Some thunderstorms may be severe with damaging winds and heavy rainfall. Lows in the upper 50s. West winds around 10 mph... Becoming northwest after midnight. Chance of rain 70 percent.

Tornado Watch

TORNADO WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WT 642
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1055 AM EDT TUE SEP 18 2012

TORNADO WATCH 642 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR THE
 FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

VAC001-003-007-009-011-013-015-025-029-031-033-036-037-041-043-
047-049-053-057-059-061-065-069-073-075-079-081-083-085-087-093-
095-097-099-101-103-107-109-111-113-115-117-119-125-127-131-133-
135-137-139-143-145-147-149-153-157-159-165-171-175-177-179-181-
183-187-193-199-510-540-550-570-590-595-600-610-620-630-650-660-
670-680-683-685-700-710-730-735-740-760-790-800-810-820-830-840-
182300-
/O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0642.120918T1455Z-120918T2300Z/

VA
.    VIRGINIA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

ACCOMACK             ALBEMARLE           AMELIA
AMHERST              APPOMATTOX          ARLINGTON
AUGUSTA              BRUNSWICK           BUCKINGHAM
CAMPBELL             CAROLINE            CHARLES CITY
CHARLOTTE            CHESTERFIELD        CLARKE
CULPEPER             CUMBERLAND          DINWIDDIE
ESSEX                FAIRFAX             FAUQUIER
FLUVANNA             FREDERICK           GLOUCESTER
GOOCHLAND            GREENE              GREENSVILLE
HALIFAX              HANOVER             HENRICO
ISLE OF WIGHT        JAMES CITY          KING AND QUEEN
KING GEORGE          KING WILLIAM        LANCASTER
LOUDOUN              LOUISA              LUNENBURG
MADISON              MATHEWS             MECKLENBURG
MIDDLESEX            NELSON              NEW KENT
NORTHAMPTON          NORTHUMBERLAND      NOTTOWAY
ORANGE               PAGE                PITTSYLVANIA
POWHATAN             PRINCE EDWARD       PRINCE GEORGE
PRINCE WILLIAM       RAPPAHANNOCK        RICHMOND
ROCKINGHAM           SHENANDOAH          SOUTHAMPTON
SPOTSYLVANIA         STAFFORD            SURRY
SUSSEX               WARREN              WESTMORELAND
YORK


VIRGINIA INDEPENDENT CITIES INCLUDED ARE

ALEXANDRIA           CHARLOTTESVILLE     CHESAPEAKE
COLONIAL HEIGHTS     DANVILLE            EMPORIA
FAIRFAX              FALLS CHURCH        FRANKLIN
FREDERICKSBURG       HAMPTON             HARRISONBURG
HOPEWELL             LYNCHBURG           MANASSAS
MANASSAS PARK        NEWPORT NEWS        NORFOLK
PETERSBURG           POQUOSON            PORTSMOUTH
RICHMOND             STAUNTON            SUFFOLK
VIRGINIA BEACH       WAYNESBORO          WILLIAMSBURG
WINCHESTER
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Hazardous Weather Outlook

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1239 PM EDT TUE SEP 18 2012

NCZ006-VAZ035-044>047-058-059-191645-
CASWELL-AMHERST-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-
CHARLOTTE-
1239 PM EDT TUE SEP 18 2012

...TORNADO WATCH 642 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH
CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   TORNADO WATCH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON WITH DAMAGING
WIND GUSTS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

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Special Weather Statement

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1233 PM EDT TUE SEP 18 2012

NCZ004>006-VAZ032-033-043-044-058-181730-
CASWELL NC-FRANKLIN VA-HALIFAX VA-HENRY VA-PATRICK VA-PITTSYLVANIA
VA-ROCKINGHAM NC-STOKES NC-
1233 PM EDT TUE SEP 18 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CASWELL...FRANKLIN...HALIFAX...
HENRY...PATRICK...PITTSYLVANIA...ROCKINGHAM AND STOKES COUNTIES...

AT 1229 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE FROM 4 MILES
NORTHEAST OF BASSETT TO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KING...MOVING EAST AT 45
MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. VERY HEAVY RAIN
WILL FALL FROM THESE STORMS...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS
AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS.

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR VILLA HEIGHTS...HORSE PASTURE...MEADOWS...
AND GERMANTON AROUND 1240 PM...MARTINSVILLE AIRPORT...SNOW CREEK...
MARTINSVILLE CITY...AND DILLARD AROUND 1245 PM...MOUNTAIN VALLEY AND
AND LEATHERWOOD AROUND 1250 PM.

FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...VISIT US ON THE WEB AT
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV.

LAT...LON 3626 8043 3685 7992 3688 7912 3624 7916

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AMS



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